Bongaigaon power station

Bongaigaon power station is a 750 megawatt (MW) coal-fired power station comprising proposed by the National Thermal Power Corporation to be constructed in Assam, India. It is proposed that the power station would comprise three 250 MW units.

Construction on the project began in May 2008 with the 250 mw units projected to be commissioned in February 2011, April/May 2011 and June/July 2011. The project has been reported as expected to "use a mix of coal from Eastern Coalfields Ltd and from the Margherita fields in Upper Assam."

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